Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport if the licence granted to a company (details supplied) has been renewed by his Department. [7011/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Transport Act, 1932, as amended, provides the statutory basis for regulating the provision of public bus services by private bus operators. In accordance with the legislation, private bus operators apply to my Department for licences to operate scheduled bus passenger services within the State.

The Company referred to in the question is currently the holder of eight licences issued under the Road Transport Act 1932 in respect of continuous services that they provide in the Dublin area.

All of those licences that have been issued to the company were renewed on 31st October 2007. It is a condition of the renewal of a licence that, save in exceptional circumstances, all of the services to which it relates must be in operation. In the case of two of the licences issued to them, the company applied to my Department seeking an extension to the introductory period for the services. These requests were approved by my Department.